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Yesterday evening, I came down with a sore throat and cough, and Anita had other flu-like symptoms and coughing. We watched the Grand Finale show, then had dinner. It was while we were finishing dinner that we both started to feel unwell. We kept waking up coughing or waking each other coughing. We were awakeContinue reading “Home With A Virus!!”

We packed most of our gear this morning, ready for tomorrow’s early morning disembarkation. We are due to leave the ship at 7.45 am, but our flight from Sydney to the Gold Coast doesn’t depart until 1.45 pm!! We are going to be sick of the airport. We went early to get seats to seeContinue reading “Cruisin’ Country – Day 7 At Sea”

Our ship departed Noumea late yesterday and cruised the Pacific Ocean all night and all day today. This was our view … … until this ship sailed past in the opposite direction about a kilometre away from us. We had breakfast with a friend while sitting outside at the back of the ship. The onlyContinue reading “Cruisin’ Country – Day 6 At Sea”

Overnight our ship sailed from Lifou to Noumea. We are berthed opposite the dock where coal is being unloaded. The coal probably came from Newcastle! The power station is nearby. The view from the portside of the ship was better, even with hundreds of containers on the dock. We went ashore and were taken intoContinue reading “Cruisin’ Country – Day 5 Noumea”

Early this morning we could see land for the first time in two days. The ship anchored about 300 metres from Lifou Island. We dawdled over breakfast as we didn’t need to rush to go ashore. I took photos of two churches from the ship at 10x magnification. In the 1860s the Catholics and AnglicansContinue reading “Cruisin’ Country – Day 4 Lifou”

Last night we had a request to keep an eye out for a young woman travelling alone on this ship. She is a Beccy fan. I sent her picture to one of our Roadie mates this morning, and she spotted the young woman an hour later! Not bad on a ship with over two thousandContinue reading “Cruisin’ Country Day 3”

The food on board is not brilliant. Pastries and scones have a high proportion of flour to other ingredients, so are dry and not very tasty. Food is available most of the day at different restaurants and cafes. The specialty restaurants are having trouble attracting diners, possibly because of the extra cost. On Viking cruises,Continue reading “Cruisin’ Country Day 2”

Anita had tried to go to the pool early this morning, but her access card would not open the door. She went down to reception, and a worker returned to the pool with her and used his card to let her in the pool area. The reason her card didn’t work was the pool doesn’tContinue reading “Goodbye, Darling”

We could see the top of the colourful HOTA building from the 14th floor of our hotel room. It was a clear sunny day. We left the hotel at 7.30 am to drive to the airport. Traffic wasn’t too bad given the amount of roadworks along the Gold Coast Hwy. At the long-term carpark, thereContinue reading “Travel to Sydney”

We had the beach to ourselves this morning, apart from our two regular swans. The rain has had a strange impact on the sand around the storm water pipes. There is erosion behind the outlet. When we made up the bed for our house/pet sitter, the critters must have thought we were all going onContinue reading “House/Pet Sitter”